Breakers Point Naval Guns
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
History
In October 1941, six-inch Naval guns arrived in Pago Pago in crates. There were four unwieldy cannons of this caliber, each measuring over 20 feet (6.1 m) long and weighing ten tons. The guns had to somehow be lifted into the elevated newly made concrete positions on Breakers and Blunts Points, about 500 feet (150 m) above ground level. The only available routes went through the jungle and up 70-degree, muddy slopes. There were no trails, roads nor paths leading to these four positions on each side of the Pago Pago Harbor. It was later determined that a tramway was needed in order to move the guns up the hills. The contractors immediately sent a request to Alameda, California for steel rails, hoisting gear, and cables.
See also
- Blunts Point Battery, located across the harbor
- National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Breakers Point Naval Guns". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
- ^ Kennedy, Joseph (2009). The Tropical Frontier: America’s South Sea Colony. University of Hawaii Press. Pages 202-203. ISBN 9780980033151.
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